Compact and puff holder for vanity boxes



'Jufle 9, 19311 Ags. LYHNE coMrjA'cT AND Puff-'HOLDER FOR VANITY BoxEsFiled may 3. 1929 Patented June 9, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE.

ANKER- S. LYHNE, 0F BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTCUT; 'f1-IE BRIDGEPORT CTY TRUSTCO., 0F BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, EXECUTGR OF SAID ANKER S. LY-INE,DECEASED, .ASSIGNOR TO THE BRIDGEPOET METAL GOODS MANUFACTURINGCOMPANLOF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTCUT, A CGR-T?QRATIN4 OF CONNECTICUT COMPACT' ANDPur-F HOLDER non VANITY Boxns Application filed May 3, 1.929. Serial No.360,191.

This invention relates to vanity boxes, such as are adapted to becarried in a ladys handbag, and has for an object, to provide a deviceof this character which will be neat and attractive in appearance,simple in construction and in which a maximum of the internal capacityof the box may be utilized for carrying the cosmetic and puffs forapplying the same.

Itis also an object of the invention to provide a construction `in whichseveral types or kinds of cosmetic may be carried in aA single box, andwithout increasing the thickness of the box, and the box may beconstructed-in the thin models now so popular.

It is an another object of the invention, to provide a box in whichthere are separate containers for the different cosmetics, which can beeasily renewed when the supply of any one is exhausted, and which alsohas means for retainingthe puffs in position in their respectivecontainers when the box is open.

With the foregoing andv other objects in View, the invention consists incertain novel features of construction, combinations and arrangements ofparts, as will be more fully disclosed in connection with theaccompanying drawings.

In these drawings Fig. 1 is a vertical section through the box showingit in the open position, the section being substantially on line 1-1 ofFig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the box of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a section similar to Fig. 1 showing a slightly differentconstruction of the box.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the separate cosmetic containers remo-vedfrom the box.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation thereof, and

Fig. 6 is a section of the box in which only one insert or container isused in a section.

The box shown is of substantially rectann gular shape, although it maybe of other shapes if desired, and comprises hinged body means forholding the cosmetic in the box. 1t is very often ydesirable to carrymore than onetype or kind of cosmetic. For example, it may be desirableto have both a white powder and a tinted powder, or it might bedesirable to have an unscented powder and a scented powder, and soforth. 1 l have therefore, so constructed a container for this powder`that two of them may be mounted in one of the sections of the box. Inthe present instance in Figs. 1 and 2 they are shown as mounted in thesection 6, and they are substantially rectangular in shape. Thesecontainers are in the form of trays 10 and may be made of sheet metal,such as aluminum, and they comprise a bot-tom wall 11 and side walls 12about the periphery thereof. These trays are therefore, capable ofcontaining a powder 13 inthe form lof a compact which is formed bymixing the powder with moisture, and permitting it to harden in thetray. In the arrangement shown the two trays 10'are the same size andshape and therefore, may be made from the same dies, and either tray maybe placed in either of the two positions.l At one ofthe longitudinalside walls represented by the numeral 14, there is an ear or lug .15which extends outwardly and laterally from the upper edge of this wall,and lit is located to one side of the longitudinal center of the tray.Thus when inserting the trays in the box, the two trays are reversed sothat the two walls 14 areadj acent tofeach other and at the center ofthebox with the earv or lug 15 of each tray extending laterally over theupper edge of the wall 14 of the other tray and overhanging the spacetherein as indicated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, so that a powder puff 16 maybe inserted under this ear and be retained thereby in the tray and inthe box. By this arrangement the puff for each type-of cosmetic may beretained in the proper container carrying that particular cosmetic. Itwill bev seen by this arrangement that the two containers or trays withtheir respective' puifs may be mounted in the boxwithout increasing itsthickness over the box vin which only one typeof powder is used. rThetrays are retained in the box by any suitable means such as small lugs17 punched inwardly in the side Cil walls of the box over the upperedges of the trays. The two trays may be simultaneously inserted in thebox as indicated in dotted lines Fig. 1 by placing their outer sides inthe box with the center portions together and raised, and then merelyforcing them down into the box over the retaining lugs 17, the sheetmetal walls yielding suiiiciently-to permit this. The tabs or handlesfor lifting the puffs are indicated at 18.

In the box construction of Figs. 1 and 2, the other section 7 is alsomade of suflicient thickness to carry a tray or container 19 carryingthe compact 20 with the puff 21 for use therewith. In this box there isa mirror 22 pivoted on the hinge 8, so that it may lie over either thecover or body section as desired, andthis mirror may be a metal platepolished on both sides or a glass mirror. A catch 23 is pro- ,f videdadapted to cooperate with a shoulder 24 formed by cutting a slit in thefront wall of the base section, the catch 23 being mounted on a springbar 25 secured by any suitable means such as rivets 26 and depressibleby means of a thumb piece 27 to'release it.

In the form shown in Fig. 3 the cover 28 is not formed to carry acompact. t is merely of suiiicient thickness to carry a mirror 29, thelower or body section 6 being the same as in the forms of Figs. 1 and 2.This construction makes a very thin box.

The trays 10 may be filled with the cosmetic such as the molded powder,and sold as refills, which as will be apparent may be readily insertedinthe box after the old trays have been removed.

In Fig. 6 is shown a box in which only one of the trays 10 is used. Thetwo sections 6 and 7 of this box are the same as in Figs. 1

and 2 but only one tray 10 is used in the section 6, which is shown asthe cover section. Therefore, the puff for use of the powder` in this`tray is mounted in the vacant halt of the box section as shown at 16inFig. 6 and is retained in the box section by the ear or lug 15, which inthis case overhangs this vacant portion. The tray may be held in the boxby the lugs 17 the same as in the other arrangements shown. Y

Having thus set forth thenature of my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a vanity boX, a substantially rectangular section, a secondsection hinged thereto, and a pair of separate and independent trays forholding cosmetic arranged side by side ink one of said sections, saidtrays having upright side walls about their peripheries, the wall on oneedge of each tray'having an extension over the adjacent tray and locatedto one side of the center line of the tray to provide a holder tooverhang a puff1 and hold `it in said tray.

2. In a vanity box, a cosmetic tray comprising a bottom wall .andupright side walls about its periphery, a similar and independent trayadjacent thereto, one of said side walls being provided with an earforming an extension of its upper edge. and extending outwardlytherefrom to overlie the adj acent tray to providel a holder for a puffin the latter tray.

3. In a vanity box, a reiill cosmetic holder for insertion thereincomprising a tray having a bottom wall and upright side walls about itsperiphery, a similar and independent tray adjacent thereto and an ear onone of said side walls spaced laterally from the center line of the-trayand adapted to extend laterally over the adjacent tray and adapted tohave a powder putt inserted thereunder to retain it in the latter tray.

4. In a vanity box, hinged body and cover sections, and a pair ofseparate and independent cosmetic trays arranged side by side in one ofsaid sections, said trays cach comprising bottom walls and upright wallsabout the peripheries thereof, the adjacent side walls of the twosections each having an ear overhanging the adjacent tray and adapted tohave a powder puii" inserted thereunder to retain it in the tray.

5. In a vanity box, substantially rectangular body and cover sectionshinged together a pair of separate and independent similar rectangularcosmetic holding trays inserted side by side in one of said sections,said trays being dish shaped members having upright side walls abouttheir peripheries, the two adjacent side walls of the two trays eachhaving an extension at its upper edge extending laterally over the otherwall and tray to overhang and retain a powder puii in said tray, andmeans for securing the trays in the section.

6. In a vanity box, substantially rectangular body and cover sectionshinged together, and a pair of separate and independent removable traysfor holding cosmetics arranged side by side in one of said sections,said trays each having upright side walls about their peripheries,the'wall on one edge of each tray having an extension over the wall ofthe adjacent tray located to one side of the center line to serve ashandles in removing a tray from the section and tor provide a holder tooverhang a pui and hold it in said tray.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

ANKER S. LYHNE.

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